Stop Online Booking Scams Act of 2017

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2495.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. FRANKEL of Florida, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 85, May 17, 2017, Page H4312):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 and 18 of the U.S. Constitution, respectively giving Congess the authority to regulate interstate commerce and to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying into execution the powers of Congress.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 17, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  231 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2495, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2495

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3bc6ef4d6204480dc8174527333b8132e4c9602e74afe4e77d9fc617170317eb

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2495, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 21, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.